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Default May 19, 2020 at 08:30 PM
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i'm going to try to take a few classes at my community college this semester.

i have a BA already but hopefully these classes give me more direction or skills. i'm mainly looking at art/design classes since that's the field i'm in.

i'm thinking seriously about grad school. i realized i want to be a specialist in something. and be the best at what i do. my ideas are: criminal psychologist or chef (culinary school). i'm not sure if i'd need grad school for my current field. maybe an adjacent degree would help though. i don't know if i want to continue in my current field. i do but i also lack any direction whatsoever so i can see myself doing something else. sometimes i think, i landed where it suits me. i must have known subconsciously that this i want i wanted.

i'm nervous about the grad school idea because i failed a psych class in college and ended up majoring in something other than psychology. i didn't know i could retake the class, the professor was intimidating, and i was in a mental crisis that semester. i'm also worried because i am an awful student. i think my crippling depression has actually lowered my brain capacity and i can't think.

i've also been thinking about joining the army in some capacity.

i also want to become a yoga instructor. i could teach night classes and earn some extra money.

so for now i'll keep taking classes at my community college, try to volunteer at a hospital, start yoga teacher training, and find a way to retake the class i failed or another way to get into grad school.
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In art and design, do you feel like a further specialization would help you professionally and / or personally?

Or is it something else you're looking to do entirely?
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my registration date is on friday. i just checked and it looks like the classes i want haven't filled up yet! yay!
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In art and design, do you feel like a further specialization would help you professionally and / or personally?

Or is it something else you're looking to do entirely?
not sure if i want to do something else entirely. i think no matter what field you're in, it's always good to stand out. so i'm all for specialization, education, etc. i think the path to being exceptional in art is just not necessarily as clear cut as other fields maybe are.
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not sure if i want to do something else entirely. i think no matter what field you're in, it's always good to stand out. so i'm all for specialization, education, etc. i think the path to being exceptional in art is just not necessarily as clear cut as other fields maybe are.

Yeah I understand that. Something to consider is that art often benefits from other fields, too.

For example, you can use your experience in some other field, be it engineering or medicine or whatever, to benefit your art. I do that all the time with my writing, anyway. I use my personal and educational background to help me come up with stories and what not.
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